investigatorn.

Brit.

/ɪnˈvɛstᵻɡeɪtə/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈvɛstəˌɡeɪdər/

Forms: 1500s inuestigatour, 1600s inuestigator, 1600s– investigator.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin investīgātor.

Etymology: < classical Latin investīgātor person who investigates < investīgāt- , past participial stem of investigāre investigate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier investigate v., investigation n.Compare Middle French, French investigateur (late 15th cent.), Spanish investigador (14th cent. as enuestigador), Italian investigatore (14th cent.).

1. A person who or thing which investigates something; (now) esp. a person who or body which undertakes scientific or academic research.principal investigator: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > person conducting

searchera1382

inseerc1438

intracer?a1475

inquisitor?1504

investigator1538

peruser1549

tracer1552

scrutineer1557

examinant1587

revisitor1594

examiner?1608

examinator1612

researcher1615

indagator1620

ferret1629

pryer1674

probator1691

disquisitor1766

grubber1776

prober1777

grubbler1813

detective1850

expiscator1882

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Coryces, curious persons, crafty inuestigatours or serchers of mattiers.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 36 The childir of seth..var the fyrst inuentours of the art of astronomie and inuestigatours of the celest coursis & mouimentis.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 160 The Investigators of nature doe say, that they [sc. certain dragons] haue fifteene teeth of a side.

1677 F. Bampfield All in One 6 I am no investigator of new fictitious humane knowledges.

1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope III. 231/2 The high court of Chancery, the most unerring investigator of Truth and Falsehood.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 271 Father Simon, an accurate investigator, will have it, that they..were written by some Jewish Scribes.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 25 The principal early chemical investigators.

1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter ii. 101 The library is the great intellectual stratification in which the literary investigator works.

1923 Sci. Monthly June 609 Investigators of the sea floor have found all over the world masses of ooze which are composed almost entirely of these shells.

1971 Nature 15 Oct. 469/2 Other investigators who have scanned the North Polar spur and portions of other galactic spurs..at large solar zenith angles have not observed any enhancement at soft X-ray energies.

2006 Dermatol. Times Feb. 20/4 Investigators researching zebra fish found that a change in just one amino acid..plays a major role in determining skin color.

2. A person charged with conducting a systematic or formal inquiry or investigation into a crime, allegation, someone's conduct, etc.independent investigator, private investigator, etc.: see the first element.

ΚΠ

1845 Times 13 Oct. 8/1 The fact..that they had deemed it necessary to send down Mr. Austin to inquire into certain charges against this person..ought at least to have induced them to consult the report sent up by their official investigator.

1896 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 26 Mar. Special Murder Investigator Barlow, of the district attorney's office, was closeted with the detectives for a time today.

1908 Evening Independent (Masillon, Ohio) 19 Aug. 7/4 To the surprise of..Senator Howe, who was the chief investigator, and all the rest of the Democrats, not a serious fault could be found with the entire Republican administration.

1972 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. 7/1 Department of Employment investigators, only 30 for the whole country, are too few to catch offenders.

2006 G. B. N. Ayittey in Nigeria's Struggle with Corruption: Hearing before Subcomm. on Africa, Global Human Rights of Comm. on Internat. Relations (U.S. House of Representatives, 109th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 54 Investigators probing money-laundering allegations found $52 million hidden in a network of 15 bank accounts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	investigator
释义	investigatorn. Brit. /ɪnˈvɛstᵻɡeɪtə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈvɛstəˌɡeɪdər/ Forms: 1500s inuestigatour, 1600s inuestigator, 1600s– investigator. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin investīgātor. Etymology: < classical Latin investīgātor person who investigates < investīgāt- , past participial stem of investigāre investigate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier investigate v., investigation n.Compare Middle French, French investigateur (late 15th cent.), Spanish investigador (14th cent. as enuestigador), Italian investigatore (14th cent.). 1. A person who or thing which investigates something; (now) esp. a person who or body which undertakes scientific or academic research.principal investigator: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > person conducting searchera1382 inseerc1438 intracer?a1475 inquisitor?1504 investigator1538 peruser1549 tracer1552 scrutineer1557 examinant1587 revisitor1594 examiner?1608 examinator1612 researcher1615 indagator1620 ferret1629 pryer1674 probator1691 disquisitor1766 grubber1776 prober1777 grubbler1813 detective1850 expiscator1882 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Coryces, curious persons, crafty inuestigatours or serchers of mattiers. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 36 The childir of seth..var the fyrst inuentours of the art of astronomie and inuestigatours of the celest coursis & mouimentis. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 160 The Investigators of nature doe say, that they [sc. certain dragons] haue fifteene teeth of a side. 1677 F. Bampfield All in One 6 I am no investigator of new fictitious humane knowledges. 1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope III. 231/2 The high court of Chancery, the most unerring investigator of Truth and Falsehood. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 271 Father Simon, an accurate investigator, will have it, that they..were written by some Jewish Scribes. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 25 The principal early chemical investigators. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter ii. 101 The library is the great intellectual stratification in which the literary investigator works. 1923 Sci. Monthly June 609 Investigators of the sea floor have found all over the world masses of ooze which are composed almost entirely of these shells. 1971 Nature 15 Oct. 469/2 Other investigators who have scanned the North Polar spur and portions of other galactic spurs..at large solar zenith angles have not observed any enhancement at soft X-ray energies. 2006 Dermatol. Times Feb. 20/4 Investigators researching zebra fish found that a change in just one amino acid..plays a major role in determining skin color. 2. A person charged with conducting a systematic or formal inquiry or investigation into a crime, allegation, someone's conduct, etc.independent investigator, private investigator, etc.: see the first element. ΚΠ 1845 Times 13 Oct. 8/1 The fact..that they had deemed it necessary to send down Mr. Austin to inquire into certain charges against this person..ought at least to have induced them to consult the report sent up by their official investigator. 1896 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 26 Mar. Special Murder Investigator Barlow, of the district attorney's office, was closeted with the detectives for a time today. 1908 Evening Independent (Masillon, Ohio) 19 Aug. 7/4 To the surprise of..Senator Howe, who was the chief investigator, and all the rest of the Democrats, not a serious fault could be found with the entire Republican administration. 1972 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. 7/1 Department of Employment investigators, only 30 for the whole country, are too few to catch offenders. 2006 G. B. N. Ayittey in Nigeria's Struggle with Corruption: Hearing before Subcomm. on Africa, Global Human Rights of Comm. on Internat. Relations (U.S. House of Representatives, 109th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 54 Investigators probing money-laundering allegations found $52 million hidden in a network of 15 bank accounts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1538
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